University of Akron students were not so surprised about the Faculty Senate's decisive 50-2 vote indicating "no confidence" in President Scott Scarborough; in fact, they agreed.

"I have no confidence that President Scott Scarborough can lead the university," sophomore physics major Archie Williams said.

"I really don't have a lot of confidence in [President Scarborough]," said junior nursing major Taylor Byers.

Freshman marketing major Andre Williams added: "I'm not too confident. I don't like the situation. I don't like him being president."

Some of the reasons the students agreed with the vote was because of President Scarborough's decisions to cut the university's baseball team, his attempt to raise student fees, while trying to change the name of the university with little input from the student body.

Byers said it was changes that happened way too quickly.

"Part of it's changing everything so much so fast," Byers said. So, getting rid of so many different programs, shutting down the baseball program and everything he did in trying to cut people's jobs and things like that with the IT Department and E.J [Thomas Hall]."

She added, "part of being a figure head for something is that you have to know what everyone else is doing and the fact that we're not getting told what everyone else is doing isn't helping us either."

President Scarborough has taken the brunt of the blame for the school's declining enrollment, cuts in services and the university's financial woes, in which he called a "$60 million budget problem".

"President Scarborough is trying to balance the university's budget on the backs of its most important customers--the students," Archie Williams said.

Senior political science major Jordon Federick said the president should not get all of the blame because he does not act alone. He said the university's Board of Trustees should be responsible too for the current state of the university, but admits fixing these problems does take time.

"Any person that becomes in charge, fixing these problems, same thing with [President Barack] Obama and [Former President George W.] Bush, you know problems can't be fixed quickly--you need support and he has zero support."

Federick thinks Scarborough has lost the student body and the faculty, but still has faith in the president being capable to turn things around.

"I have 75 percent [confidence] in him fixing the problems, but nothing comes overnight," Federick said.

Former Cuyahoga Falls and Stow Chief of Police Louis Dirker Jr., 67, died on Friday, after battling cancer.

"We just admired him. He was an excellent chief, an excellent family man and we're going to miss him," former Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Don Robart said.

Dirker started his career with the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department in 1974, retiring as chief in 2001. He then served for two years as deputy director of safety and security with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

"The only reason he left the city of Cuyahoga Falls is he had to acquire that PERS retirement and he needed to send some of his kids to school, Robart said. "That's just kind of guy Lou was. Family came first."

He added, "I hated to see him leave because he was an excellent chief and I knew we were going to miss him and we did."

Dirker later became Chief of the Stow Police Department, retiring again in 2014.

Funeral arrangments will be announced at a later date. 

When police responded to a shooting in the 700 block of Stadelman Avenue in Akron on Jan. 19th, one of the crimes not expected at the home was human trafficking, involving a 16-year-old girl. 

Cleveland.com reports when three gunmen fired multiple shots last month at a 20-year-old man who was at the home on Stadelman, an investigator with Cuyahoga County's Human Trafficking Unit also tracked the 16-year-old girl's cellphone to the same home. She's believed to be a victim of human trafficking.

Investigators also found a backpage.com advertisement where the girl is listed as an escort, the newspaper reports. The 20-year-old man told police he visited the girl at the home five times, including the night of the shooting.

The incident led to Akron police searching the home on Jan. 29. Police say the girl, who's been missing since Oct. 20th, was unharmed.

The newspaper also reports investigators subpoenaed the phones' records of cellphones seized at the home to see if there is any evidence of human trafficking.

No arrests have been made in the shooting or the human trafficking investigation.

Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel is in trouble once again.

The former first-round quarterback is being investigated by police in Texas for an altercation between him and his ex-girlfriend.

The Fort Worth Police Department responded to a call around 2 a.m. Saturday, after receiving a phone call about a "possible assault," the Beacon journal reports. The police did not find the person who called, but did talk to a 23-year-old woman on the scene, who said she was the person involved in the altercation with Manziel.

The newspaper reports, Manziel has not been arrested, but the Fort Worth Police Department is "actively working" with Dallas police "to determine if a criminal offense occured."

The woman also told Fort Worth officers that she was concerned about Manziel's "well-being".

Although charges have not been filed, Manziel could face discipline from the NFL.

A Browns spokesman said the team had no comment.

This is the second time in the last few months Manziel has been implicated in a domestic altercation.

Manziel and Colleen Crowley were questioned by Avon police on October 12th after they were seen on the side of the road arguing. It was later known that they were fighting in the car, where Crowley accused Manziel of hitting her and pushing her head against the car window.

No arrests were made, and the NFL announced on Nov. 17 it wouldn't discipline Manziel under its personal-conduct policy after launching an investigation in which the league questioned Manziel and Crowley finding insufficient evidence.

An Akron man was sentenced to seven years in prison for selling heroin to a woman who died from taking it.

Trevon Thomas, 20, of Sumner Street, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and with aggravated trafficking in drugs--both felonies--in his role for the death of Carissa Ewing, 28.

He pled guilty to the charges.

On November 2014, Ewing, was found unresponsive in her home by her mother. It was determined that heroin and fentanyl was in her system.

Investigators contacted Thomas acting as Ewing wanting more drugs and arrested Thomas when he arrived.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says they're invesitgating a crash that left an officer from the Canton Fulton Police Department injured late Saturday.

Officer Robert D. Stetka, Jr., 25, was traveling northbound on Milan Avenue just north of Market Street around 11:30 p.m. when he lost control of his 2007 Chevrolet Impala, striking a uitlity pole on the right side of the roadway.

Officials say Officer Stetka was trapped inside and needed assistance from the Canton Fulton Police Department to pry him out of the vehicle.

Officer Stetka was transported to Akron City Hospital for an evaluation of the injuries he sustained in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

( The Ohio State Highway Patrol Press Release) Canton Post - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a single-vehicle injury traffic crash involving an officer from the Canal Fulton Police Department. The crash occurred on January 23, 2016 at approximately 11:30 P.M. on Milan Avenue just north of Market Street, Village of Canal Fulton, Stark County.

Officer Robert D. Stetka, Jr., age 25, was operating a 2007 Chevrolet Impala police vehicle northbound on Milan Avenue while responding to an emergency call. Officer Stetka failed to negotiate a left curve and lost control of the vehicle traveling off the right side of the roadway and striking a utility pole. Officer Stetka was trapped inside the vehicle before being freed by mechanical means by the Canal Fulton Fire Department. Officer Stetka's overhead emergency lights and siren were activated when the crash occurred.

Officer Stetka was transported to Akron City Hospital, by the Canal Fulton Fire Department for evaluation of injuries sustained in the crash. He was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

The future does not look bright for the once popular Chapel Hill Mall in Cuyahoga Falls.

The mall took a major hit, after another round of closings were announced. First it was Macy's -- now there's reports of three stores --- Old Navy, Express and Aeropostale -- will also be closing its doors.

Barbara Taylor, of Cuyahoga Falls, said Macy's will be hard to replace and the loss of the mall could be hurtful to the area.

"It's going to be detrimental, I think, without ths mall," Taylor said in the event the mall has to close.

"I'm just sad and I lived in Akron first and I saw Rolling Acres Mall die and it's still gone," Taylor said. "I don't know what will become of this."

Leane Hirsch, daughter of Taylor and also of Cuyahoga Falls, said with some of the bad press the mall received, she thinks some shoppers were scared to shop at the mall.

"When you read of people being stabbed or people being abducted, it's like okay, I don't know if I want to be here at night."

Hirsch said Macy's was the main reason why she came to the shopping center and added the mall doesn't really have anything else to offer.

"It will be difficult for this area not to have a place for people to get good quality merchandise," Hirsch said. "I really don't know any of the other stores in the mall and I probably won't come back up here."

Jennifer Hessedence, of Canton, said it's unfortunate that people will have to find other jobs because it's hard to find jobs after the holiday season.

"I think it's sad because so many people are losing their jobs and they really got no notice," Hessedence said. "I couldn't imagine waking up and coming to work and their like; oh you have like a month to work."

A sign at the Old Navy store says it will close on Jan. 26. An employee told the Beacon Journal that the other two stores will be closing, but did not say when.

The Akron Fire Department responded to a call of a fire late Saturday night at a Fouse Ave. home.

Officials said they were able to extinguish the fire at the home located in the 600 block of Fouse Ave. and no injuries were reported at this time.

The fire is under investigation, officials said.

Jethro, the Canton police K-9, who was shot after responding to call about a burglary at Fisher Foods Saturday has died, according to the department's facebook page.

"It is with heavy hearts that we must tell you all that we lost Jethro. He took a sudden turn for the worse and has passed," the post read.

Jethro was taken to the Stark County Veterinary Emergency Clinic after the incident to be treated for three gun shot wounds.

Canton police posted on their Facebook page Sunday morning that Jethro was still resting and that his wounds "did not require surgery."

The department said the bullets that hit him "didn't strike any vital organs," but one did hit him on the bridge of the nose, which caused brain trauma.

Police later found the suspect in a nearby yard. The suspect sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Grief and pain are two of many words that can explain the feelings of the loved ones Forrest Ryan, 43, left behind, after he was reportedly beaten to death at the Zodiac Bar in Akron on Friday.

"We're all still trying to wake up from the nightmare that happened that we know we are never going to wake up from," Melissa Riley, Ryan's girlfriend said.

Ryan allegedly got into a fight with the DJ of the bar Robert Jarvis, 64, during Karaoke and Ladies night. According to an Akron police report, Jarvis allegedly struck Ryan in the head — where the victim had major surgery last year. Jarvis has been charged with aggravated murder and is being held in Summit County Jail.

Trina Crew, Zodiac Bar manager, and his girlfriend are leading an effort to raise money for Ryan's funeral and to take care of his three kids.

"Our game plan [with the donations] and our focus--powerful focus--is on his friends, the family, his children and his funeral."

Ryan had been going to the Zodiac Bar since it opened about two years ago and was a favorite among the employees and customers, Crew said. She said he was also a great singer, participating in Karaoke night almost all the time.

"He was a really close friend to everyone at the bar and we all loved him very much," Crew said. "It's very sad."

"They're playing songs he would sing Karaoke. They're here talking about things that happened with them," Riley said. "It's been very uplifting and positive. It hasn't been negative at all."

Riley said Ryan survived cancer and two nearly fatal car accidents and was trying to turn his life around. She said he was a very caring and respectful person.

"There's almost no words to explain the respect that he had and the respect he gave and the respect he got back from everyone around him," Riley said. "He just cared about everyone."

Riley said Ryan's kids will be most affected and the donations will help them the most because they lost a great father.

"His children would not go to bed at night until he sang them their bedtime story or their songs," Riley said. "They just could not sleep without that and that's just the kind of father he was. He was a fantastic father."

The donations will also help set up a trust fund for Ryan's three kids, Riley said.

Crew decided to keep the bar open because everyone decided they were going to stay positive and help uplift one another. She said she has received a tremendous amount of support, in which people have come down to the bar and donated to his cause.

"We've been sending out donations all weekend and actually a lot of people have came down and donated," Crew said. "It's been a great experience so far because of the support."

"It is a great feeling to have everybody come together," Crew said.

For more information on how to donate, visit Trina Crew's or Melissa Riley's Facebook pages for more details.

CORRECTION: We earlier reported Forrest Ryan was shot to death. We changed and corrected it, saying he was beaten to death.